Swordsman

Swordsman 1990

笑傲江湖 xiào ào jiāng hú

A kung-fu manual known as the Sacred Scroll is stolen from the Emperor's library. An army detachment is sent to recover it. Meanwhile, a young swordsman and his fellow disciple are accidentally drawn into the chaos.

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4.72 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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姻缘 姻緣 yīn yuán a marriage predestined by fate ∼HSK 6
捉住 捉住 zhuō zhù to catch; to grapple with; to hold onto ∼HSK 6
炉火 爐火 lú huǒ the fire of a stove ∼HSK 6
苍穹 蒼穹 cāng qióng the blue dome of heaven ∼HSK 6
招式 招式 zhāo shì (martial arts) formalized move ∼HSK 6
名符其实 名符其實 míng fú qí shí 名: name, rank, title, position · 符: i.d. tag, tally, symbol, charm · 其: his, her, its, their; that · 实: real, true; honest, sincere ∼HSK 6
粉饰太平 粉飾太平 fěn shì tài píng to pretend that everything is going well ∼HSK 6
不枉 不枉 bù wǎng not in vain ∼HSK 6
屏风 屏風 píng fēng (furniture) screen ∼HSK 6
传声筒 傳聲筒 chuán shēng tǒng loudhailer; megaphone; one who parrots sb; mouthpiece ∼HSK 6
园艺 園藝 yuán yì gardening; horticultural ∼HSK 6
遵命 遵命 zūn mìng obey the order ∼HSK 6
客官 客官 kè guān honored customer (sir) ∼HSK 6
缩头乌龟 縮頭烏龜 suō tóu wū guī a turtle that pulls its head in; (fig.) coward; chicken ∼HSK 6
廉耻 廉恥 lián chǐ honor and shame; sense of honor ∼HSK 6
废人 廢人 fèi rén handicapped person; useless person ∼HSK 6
芦苇 蘆葦 lú wěi reed ∼HSK 6
钦犯 欽犯 qīn fàn criminal whose arrest has been ordered by the emperor ∼HSK 6
留情 留情 liú qíng to relent (to spare sb's feelings); to show mercy or forgiveness; to forbear; lenient ∼HSK 6
宦海浮沉 宦海浮沉 huàn hǎi fú chén 宦: officialdom, government official · 海: sea, ocean; maritime · 浮: to float, drift, waft; to exceed; superfluous · 沉: sink, submerge; addicted to ∼HSK 6
劫难 劫難 jié nàn calamity ∼HSK 6
练功 練功 liàn gōng to do tai chi; to practice kung-fu (or other martial art); to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc) ∼HSK 6
疤痕 疤痕 bā hén scar ∼HSK 6
畜牲 畜牲 chù shēng variant of ∼HSK 6
弓箭 弓箭 gōng jiàn bow and arrow ∼HSK 6
嫁祸 嫁禍 jià huò to impute; to shift the blame onto someone else ∼HSK 6
怪罪 怪罪 guài zuì to blame ∼HSK 6
渡头 渡頭 dù tóu ferry crossing point ∼HSK 6
堂堂 堂堂 táng táng grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance ∼HSK 6
小波 小波 xiǎo bō wavelet (math.) ∼HSK 6
豪杰 豪傑 háo jié hero; towering figure ∼HSK 6
顺水 順水 shùn shuǐ with the current ∼HSK 6
逆水 逆水 nì shuǐ against the current; upstream ∼HSK 6
鹰犬 鷹犬 yīng quǎn hawks and hounds; (fig.) running dogs; hired thugs ∼HSK 6
是非之地 是非之地 shì fēi zhī dì trouble spot; sketchy area ∼HSK 6
合奏 合奏 hé zòu to perform music (as an ensemble) ∼HSK 6
拨开 撥開 bō kāi to push aside; to part; to brush away ∼HSK 6
云雾 雲霧 yún wù clouds and mist ∼HSK 6
滔滔 滔滔 tāo tāo torrential ∼HSK 6
浮起 浮起 fú qǐ to float; to emerge ∼HSK 6
今朝 今朝 jīn zhāo today (literary) ∼HSK 6
苍天 蒼天 cāng tiān firmament ∼HSK 6
俗世 俗世 sú shì the mundane world; the world of mortals ∼HSK 6
招摇 招搖 zhāo yáo to rock back and forth; (fig.) to act ostentatiously; to brag; to show off ∼HSK 6
混入 混入 hùn rù to sneak into ∼HSK 6
煮饭 煮飯 zhǔ fàn to cook ∼HSK 6
纤纤 纖纖 xiān xiān slim; slender ∼HSK 6
亡魂 亡魂 wáng hún soul of the deceased; departed spirit ∼HSK 6
宗师 宗師 zōng shī great scholar respected for learning and integrity ∼HSK 6
数不尽 數不盡 shǔ bu jìn countless ∼HSK 6